growing up was hard, my mum hates animals, the only animals she can stand are ones which end up on your dinner plate. i was not allowed to have a dog or cat ect.
my dad loved animals and bought be budgies, cockatoos and cockatiels he also got me 3 blue tongues wen i was 4 and encouraged my love of animals and reptiles. but my parents argued heaps over it.
wen my parents divorced i had to stay with my mum and i had to give up animals but as soon as i turned 18 and was working full time and helping pay the rent i bought a dog, we argued but since i was paying for everything for that dog and paying rent i really did not care what she thought, i also got a few birds, 1 guinea pig and heaps of fish. she ended up letting me have them because she saw that i look after them and that i loved them.
my mum moved overseas wen i was 20 and my sister was 18 we struggled renting our own place paying bills and groceries. plus i had my dog and 2 birds at the time i gave my fish to my older sister who was married and wanted them.
my sister had to go away for work for 4 months just weeks after we moved in to our own place and it was really hard. i felt so alone and missed my brother who was overseas with her. my younger sister ended up moving in with my older sister and i moved in with my now ex. 5 months after moving in she broke up with me and i moved in with a friend, my boss went bank rupt and i lost my job i struggled really hard but i made it.
my mother did not want us going overseas with her and we did not wanna go with her. so we had no choice but to stay and make our way on our own.
i don't regret it as i am so much stronger now, i live my own life and have as many animals/ reptiles as i want. i made alot of mistakes along the way but i have learnt from them.
at the end of the day we can all tell you to go with your parents ect, but its your life so do whats best for you.
there is not way i would have given up my dog to go overseas but i was a bit older than you and my mother told me to find my own place as she did not want us going with her.
you will learn from your mistakes and at times it may be hard, just make sure you save money for a rainy day and that you have some were else to stay incase things don't work out.